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N X a l. x. n. MILOYANOVITGH-KOKA.

CARTRIDGE FEED CASE FOR MAGAZINE GUNS- Patented Mar. 3, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

CARTRIDGE-FEED CASE FOR MAGAZINE-GUNS.

srscmcanon forming part or Letters Patent No. 47,577, dated March a,1891. muse m September 21, mo. Serial It. seems. a. sum.)- Patented inne t April 2a, 1890, 110- 90,331.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Kos'rs R. MILOVANO- Vi'lCH-KOKA, a subject of theKing of Servia, residing atVienna, in the Province of Lower Austria, inthe Empire of Austria-Hungary, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cartridge-Holders, (for which I have obtained LettersPatent in Belgium,

-dated April 26, 1890, N05 90,331;) and I do hereby declare thefollowingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appcrtains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked there on, which form a part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to cartridge holders or cases adapted to containa number of cartridges for use with that class of magazinegnns in whichthe cartridges are-supplied to the magazine from the top or from thebottom or from one or the other side, and more especially to that classof magazine-guns in which the magazine depends from the re eeiver, andin which the cartridges are introduced into said magazine through saidreceiver.

The invention has for its object to provide a cartridge-holder ada tedto contain-a numher of cartridges suilic cut to fill a magazine, to soconstruct the case that the contents thereof may be rapidly and readilyexpelled either at top or bottom, and so that one cartridgc afteranother may be removed singly from the holder without danger of theremaining cartridges falling out, and in so constructing the holder. astcbe light yet sum ficintly strong to protect the cart ridges against nnry.

To these ends the invention consists in structural features, as will nowbe fully described, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is an elevation of a breech-ioading magazine-gun with aportion of the receiver broken away to show the upper end of themagazine, and showing the cartridge-holder applied thereto in dottedlines. Fig. 2 is a perspective view, and Fig. ii a side elevation,

' of a cartridge-holder constructcdaccording to my invention.

The gun shown in Fig. 1- maybe of anydcsired or known construction, themagazine C depending from the receiver, which has a longitudinal slot inits bottom for the passage of the cartridges to or from the magazine.

0' are the elastic stop-arms for retaining the uppermost cartridge frompassing into the receiver under the stress of the feed-spring c.- Thestop-arms are (orked'nnd extend along the mouth of the magazine from therear end of the same, so that the uppermost cartridge will lie at anangle to the longitudinal axis of the receiver with the. flangeprojecting into the path of the breech-bolt, as shown, and as describedin my said application.

The cartridge-holder D, Figs. 2 and 3, consists,essentiall v,of asheet-metal casing having in horizontal cross-section the general formof a cartridge, which casing is open at top and bottom. In the edges ofthe case, at top and bottom and near the ends thereof, are formedelastic lips (I, diametrically opposite each other, which lips (I arebent inwardly and serve to retain the cartridges in the holder. Asshown, the sides of the case at the shell end are cut out to formopenings (1 of such dimensions as will readily admit of the use of thelingers for pushing' the'cartridges out when the holder is applied tothe magazine, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. Thessopenlngs d extendfrom one edge nearly to the opposite edge of the casing, but in reversedirections-that is to say, one of the openings in one side of the casingextends from the upper edge nearly to the lower' edge, and the likeopening in the opposite side of the casing extends from the lower edgencarlytothe upperedge thereof. Since boththe top and bottom of thecasing are open it becomes reversible, so that either top or bottom canbe presented to the magazine in replenishing the same, thereby avoidingthe necessity of taking cognizance of a top and bottom, and facilitatingthe use of the holder accordingly. Inasmuch as the openings d arecomparatively large, having but a narrow strip of metal between them andthe edge of the casing I preferably give to the on of the openings acurvilinear form and corrugate the narrowstrlp otnnctal along the same,or form a curved butward bulgc or rib by stamping, as shown at d. Alongthe unslotted edge of each side of the ease I form an outwardly-bent.flange 11', extending from one elastic lip d to the other, that servesas a hearing for the holder. one or the other of said flanges restingupon the left edge of the month of the magazine when the holder isinsci-ted 'into the receiver.

When the holder is in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, thecartridges therein can he readilypushed out of it, as all of them are.exposed to the action of the fingers through the medium of the reversedslots (1 in the sides of the casinmaud the contents of the holder may bereadily and rapidly expolled, the elastic lips (I yielding to pressure.liaving described my invention, what. I

7 claim isl. A cartridge holder or case consisting ol a casing that isopen at top and bottom and has finger-slots (1 formed in the sidesthereof at the shell end, said linger-slots (1' extending in reversedirections from one edge nearly to the opposite edge, in combinationwith retaining devices to prevent the cartridges from falling out,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A cartridge holder or case consisting of a sheet-metalcasing that isopen at top and bottom and that has inwardly-bent retaininglips (1formed on the side edges, and that has finger-slots (1 formed in thesides at the shell end of the casing, which linger-slots extend inopposite directions from one edge nearly to the other, substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I mix-my signature in presence oi two witnesses.

Witnesses:

Greener: ('1. Ymr, W. 1;. Muarm'.

